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Remarksupan appelito.
This subject, though otic of vast ini
parlance, is not Well understood by the
great majority of the human race, und
this is one mighty cause, among many
others, why intemperance sweeps our
country with the besom of destruction.
It moves its destructive march North,
South, East and West, desolation and
ruin follow in its wake, while thr: tvuils
of the widow, and cries ot ilia beggar.)
orphan llont upon every breeze, hi eve
ry clime. Intemperance perhaps, is
one of the greatest curses that man in
herited by the downfall of his primi
tive parents; other evils sleep in barm
less obscurity, a good portion of the
year, and merely touch tlill’erent points,
at different seasons; but not so with al
cohol, thou potent curse! The univer
sal world is thv dwelling place, and ul!
seasons ure thy working lime. All
the good you ever did is compuru.
lively, n mere. point, while your poison
ous influence covers an area coexten
sive with the globe it ■!('. |{ut wo are
digressing. One of the tutelary deities
of drunkenness that originates and per
petuates, is the ignorance of the great
mass of people, in regard to the differ
ence that exists between a natural and
an alcoholic appetite. Tin y are lets
alike than the works of nature and ail,
just as dissimilar in organic structure
.is the artificial and natural lose. This
(act is not comprehended or believed by
a large portion of those who venture
tlii'ir I'ruil bark into the first, easy, but
ensnaring circles of the fatal maelstrom,
i’heso unfortunate wights, it is true,
inially see the awful contrast between
the natural appetite and the one ac
quired by ofi-repeutud sippings of the
sugared brandy, but the great misfor
tune is, they make tli • discovery too
late, as they see no danger till the rug
mg w hirlpool begins to wiiiz them round
and round lolhouwfitl centre of de
struction.
If’ they understood tie character of
appelite properly, stubborn truth and
uii upbraiding concicnce would lash
their troubled souls i.i a man
ner not to be borne, while they deal
out the honied phruses : “It is no harm
to drink a drum in rouson—l do not
drink myself, but I am willing for eve
ry man to take a little in moderation—
the danger is not in the use, but in the
abuse of the article; fori believe a
dram now and then will injure no per.
son.” O, deceitful language ! Imw un
true! though beautiful the poison of the
basilisk lurks withirt thee. Such men
need light, for they me clinging to an
error, that blights the earth with drunk
enness und tills it with misery.
All men possess the natural appetite.
It was given to them for the wisest of
■purposes, which the most ignorant cun
ut onoo see. Let us notice some of its
characteristics, after a preliminary re
mark. Mans desire for wholesome
(bod and drink is coexistent with his
physical being from tlm lime of his
birth; and this desire must bo satisfied,
else it becomes so intense that the star
ving individual will eat his own flesh.
Now this natural appetite is regulated
by certain natural laws, which beauti
fully control its action, and prove con
clusively that our Creator gave it to us.
What are a few oft ho effects of those
laws. First, w e crave food, and it is a
physical pleasure to partake of it. Sec
ond, when we cat u sufficient quantity
(or the sustenance of the body, we liun.
ger no longer. Third, the indulgence
of this appetite causes no increase of it,
us three meals per day alibi'd us much
sutilaelion us they did ten years ago.
Fourth, the gratification of this appetite”
tills our system with the vital blood of
life, giving to the nervous system its
due, but not immoderate portion of ex
citement ; hence, healthy action is the
result. All this proves that the natural
appetite is regulated and controlled by
natural laws, all designed by Heity, as
a portion of ills wise and systematic
plan of peopling this terrestrial hall
w ith living souls.
We now proceed to notice briefly the
alcohie appetite- This is artificial and
acquired. Man has no primitive desire
for ardent spirits, but by taking a little
occasionally, lie eslablislies an ungov
ernable appelite, that ultimately gels the
mastery of reason, tlnow# olf every re
straint, and rushes its deluded victim
on to the grave and perdition. Now it
our Creator had w illed that we should
take this poisonous stutf into our sys
tem, some provision would have been
made, for its profitable use, und it would
bo -converted into muscle, bone und
blood or something else, and there would
be a uaturul luw demanding a supply
upon the one hand, and prohibiting a
too large supply upon the othe; then
three drams per day, or a uuilbnii
quantity per diem, would be perfectly
satisfactory, so that au indulgence of
this uppetttc could not strengthen it be
yond the bounds of reason. Any man,
unless he is drunk, can see at once, by
glancing ut the subject, that man’s
physical system contains no law for
the government of this appetite, and
that consequently it is rebellion against
nature, and an etforl to thwart God’s
purposes to establish sucii an appetite.
At first it is onu dram per week, then
daily, then one before each meal ; the
habit strengthens, the appetite becomes
keener, the sensibilities become blunt
ed, reason destroyed ; so that at last,
remorse ceases to goad, conscience
thunders no more, delirium tremens sei
zes the burning brain, deluged with al
coholic tires—and alas ! w hen the poor
toper again aw akes to consciousness, he
finds himself in the “npirit Uad,”. stir
OK < JAN Or 111 lh SONS OK TICM PIiKA N< f AND STATK TljfM (
rounded by the uugelsofthe bottomless
pit! Now suppose the natural appetite
was restrained by no power but cleaifi,
our f-w days would be Kp<-ni in ratin'.’
and feasting, yet we never could satis
fy hunger; the .stomach would he con
tinually gorged with food, so that th
digestive organs would be over-power
ed un i ruined ; a miserable existence
and premature death would result-.
Hut tli inks be to God, this appetite is
ruled by the Ruler of the urn vise,
mi l it would he the case with the alco
holic one, if we find any use for it. It
is alike opposed to nature to use cither
tobacco or strong di ink, except for me.
dicinal purposes. A chevvi.-r of tin
weed at first, desires hut little, hut the
artificial habit continues increasin'.’
’till it reaches its ne phis ultra, when a
qqul is kept all the time in the mouth,
and file filthy am beer like an eyerlast.
ing water spout, continues its he? p (tier
ing of’ very tbiug around. . v win n
w'e linil licit ail appetite has in natural
controlling power, and can ie vr be
satisfied, it is jo A .as good ptoofiis we
wuii,that God n rdoi .e l it, a ...
i Unit consequent!;,, it ii ii rational, uu
I natural, sinful an-] dangeiou.-. l-.> uojir.
ish and feed uuv . ucii i reiny. God
grant (hat “mo l’ i..to drinkers” mas
I seriously reflect up m the character of
; appetite, and jmll th'-ir bouts from the
I current before they land into the deep.
(st depths of the awful whirlpool, that
is insidiously floating tlieni in its ter
rific grasp.
-I \S. 11. OLIPII.YX r.
lliddlcville Academy, Georgia.
The Order of Recfiabitc is the oldest
Temperance Institution wo have on
record, and although we have r.ot heard
of it in this section until within a few
years past, yet in many parts of the
United States and Europe, they are
very numerous, and wo are happy to
see that in our own State, Tents arc
beginning lobe established. The Dis
ti icl Tent for the State of Georgia,
which is organized in this place, has al
ready granted six Charters, all of which
wo learn, arc in a tlourishiil'r condi
lion.
The term Rcchubite is taken from!
the Scriptures. It is th rived from the
word llechah, who was the son ol'Jonu-!
dab. In tbo days of Jeremiah the |
Prophet, a command came to him to go j
uoto the house ol the llechubiten and sit
be loro them pots of wine, and com
mand them to drink of it. Hut it up.
pours that the Lord hud laid his injunc
tion previously ou their father llechub,
to this oiled, “Ye shall drink no ivine,
neither ye nor your sons forever;” this
! was done merely to test their fidelity; 1
but this temptation was of no avail.—,
!No motive could make them swerve
Irani their duty, and therefore the Lord
commanded his blessing upon them j
mid rewarded them with u spiritual j
promise;
Such were the ancient Rechubiles ;!
and now while Kingdoms and Empires |
tiuvo crumbled into dust, and ivnoie ru
cos of men by intemperance, have per
ished from tlie Earth, the descendants |
of Jonudab arestiii living in all their!
simplicity and purity ol manners, on-j
joying the especial protection of Divine j
Providence. Thus lias been amply
fulfilled the promise made to them near- !
ly three thousand years ago, hv the!
Prophet Jeremiah : “Hecause yo have
kept the commandment of Jonadab your
lather, therefore thus sutih tiie Lord of!
Hosts, tin* God ol Israel, Jonodab, the!
son of Reohub, shall no*, want a man to;
stand before me forever.”
There ure now more than sixty thous
and of the Ancient R chabites and well
ing within ten leagues id’ Mecca, and;
they still adhere to the principles of to
tal abstinence.
-Madern Rechabism was first intro- i
ductii into tins country in the year 1812, i
und on the second day of August, (the ‘
same year,) first Tent was formed in
the City ot New York, called “Wash- 1
ingion Pent, No 1.” Since that tune!
the banner of Kochub has been untui'l
led in almost every State in the Union,
und even in the golden region of Cali
fornia, there may be seen a Tent ol
Rechabs.
Tiie object of the Institution is to re
claim inebriates, while ut the same time j
it is benevolent in its nature, it is t > uid
ami attend to one another in sickness
and misfortune, to follow the remains j
of a departed brother to the” tomb; tot
give toiief to the fatherless und widow; !
the prevention of disease und death by
the pledge, and the education of the
orphan.
These are the tenets of our order; and
is there a mull on the face of the earth
tint would suy aught ueainst thorn I
God forbid. Go to your collage, there
the drunkard’s wile, in constant iiu.xie- j
ty and four, is waiting to receive the
partner ol her joys; nay, the source of
her sorrows. Fite midnight hours, in
the cold winter storm, tiro passing by
—shivering for want of fire and tbod,
shi> sits and counts the moments; and,
when her husband—the man who!
at God's altar swore to nourish and pro
tect her—returns and she presents her
anxious inquires as to the cause ot his
long absence, he loads her with insults!
and reproaches; yea, and with murder-!
oils hands, oliimes an her weak frame,
he wreaks his drunken vengenoe; and,
to add to her n retched grief, one other
; pang more poignant, t!e children cry,
i each for themselvts, “Oh, mother, give
mo bread!”
What arc i's diets in the eommuni
|ty ! Visit your prison houses, mark
! well its bars and bolls, its “I.xjuiv dun
j geons; the inmates, who are they ?
The murderer, the felon—-xplore their:
[history and hear their v,u regrets,
an iif y ou isk the • yj 1 .
’ crime, almost with one accord, an I m
the same most dismal li.irmnuy. they
urumimouslv would answer, Kent *
It is for the purpose of reclaiming
shell that the (>rder of K chalni’ s
lias Iceii establish"!! in our midst, j
And although neon , t.ir.y.-at's h .l %e ,
elapsed since tac introduction ot litis
Older in our State, but little bus been
said concerning its beneficial influence. |
We seek no publicity lor our deeds ofj
mercy. We harrow not up >h f ‘
, ings kindred and friends by advertising
j the nfllictions and poverty of our broth
er, but wo endenv rto do him all the
.good we can, without trumpeting forth
itu a gossipping world that our brother
j has been in adversity and distress,
i Our Order was organized lor tin pur
i pose of uniting temperance im o togeth
i nr, by making ii every man’s interest
i to adhere to tutu! abstinence, by estab
lishing <t fund for the miiliinii l>< n* fit
ul its meiiihi i.s, ns well as t> pr u >te
llie suppression of drunkenness. I nil
; p ‘l’auc l ', Fortitude, and justice, is our
motto; “1 icy ami Trutii, oirv.icir
-voi'd; if.■!...v<...5.. ..t..1 Good t\ ill, out
; ol.j’ ct. — Couumini< ‘’ted.
Tin. Model I.aov puts her children I
.out to nui.se and e lids lap-dog.-: lies ill!
bed till noon, wear., paper-soii I slices, |
and pinches her waist, gives the piano
tits, and forgets to pay her milliner;!
eiits her poor relations, and goes to J
church when she lias anew bonnet;
turns the cold shoulder to her husband, j
| and flirts w itli hi.s “fj iend;” n o r saw
a thimble, don’t know a darning needle!
from acrobat', wonders where puddings
! grow : eats hum and eggs in private,
’ and dines oil a pigeon’s leg in public;
! runs mad after the last new fashion; J
I doats on Uyon, adore - any fool who
grins behind a moustaeii , and when
i asked the age of her yotiueest child, re- j
I plies, limit know indeed, ask Belli) !—;
O/iee B, anch.
A Proposed ‘-Reform”
Fcnetiks.—All individual interested |
| m the progress of “de fimelik siimsisj,” |
| lately proposed to a pupil in study a.
translation of the ballad of‘‘Whoever
1 stole ou ‘ old blue lieu ’ as a specimen
of the proficiency of the student. We
submit liie first stanza, winch we un
j derstand is highly approved by the
I admirers of “I'onetihs. It may serve
! to show what a rare improvement some
! folks are It vittg to imroduue into our
common schools for the benelk of the
| rising generation .
Huevr stol er oibluhen,
Tim’d heir letnrli.
Shcullwzlad gegzada
&. Sundiz she lad J.
Certainly oar Legislature must be
! vastly behind the ag ■ not to sanction
J the project of discarding the “old fogy”
j fvnglisli language lbr this delightful
j “now logy” dialect.
It we are rightly informed, the
J “fotietiks” are to be accompanied by
| instruction in Spiritual Hoppings,
j I his will strike every one as a very
! judicious ami appropriate combination
10l studies under “exz.istiii sei kuinstun- 1
i siz. i Iff ineffable sublimities of the !
j spirital man i festal ions cannot be presen
ted to mortal eyes in a more fitting garb
| than the onbalislical “iiookitierooks” !
■ot “iotietik siuns,” The Delphic
! oracle, it will be remembered, wrote
very bud Greek,
A little crazy, bat no le-s divine.
Why should not modern oracles talk
las bad English as possible, that is to
say, font tiks t The Commonwealth
surely cannot grudge a few thousand
: dollars to establish a ‘‘Normal Rapping
School ’ where common sense and or- i
Biography may belli be knocked oulofi
i joint together. —[ Boston Courier.
Wiiat a Man can mvk on.— In the!
year IS It) some experinnnts were in
stituted in the Glassgow prison on the ,
diet of a selected numher off the in
mates. The persons were fed on the
following fare: For breakfast they 1
had eight ounces of oatmeal made into ■
a porrige, with a pint of buttermilk; tor
dinner, three pounds of boiled potatoes,
with salt; for every supper, fiveouucos
of oatmeal porrige, with otte half pint
jof buttermilk. At the end of twoi
months they were all in good health,
each person had gained four pounds’
weight, and they liked the diet, the cost
of which, including the cooking, was
two-pence three farthings per day.
Other ten men were fed for the same
time solely on boiled potatoes and salt;
tacit had two pounds for breakfast,
three pounds for dinner, and one pound I
for supper. They gained three and a
half pounds each; ami they declared
that they preferred this fare to the ordi- ■
nary diet of the prison. Twelve others
were fed on the same allowance ol;
porrige and milk for breakfast and sup. j
per us the first ten; but for dinner they 1
hud soup, containing two pounds of po- j
latoes to each, and a quarter of a pound
of meat*. At the end of two months’
they luul hist in weight one and a quar
ter pouuils each, and they all disliked
this diet. The expense of each, daily,
; was three-pence seven-eights. Twen-|
,ty others hud the same breakfast and
supper, with one pound of potatoes for
dinner, and a half pound of meat.
They preserved good health, but de
j creased in weight, and preferred the
j ordinary diet of the prison. The ex-
I pens'* was four-pence seven eighths
j each. Jo these cases, peiltaps, the
previous habits and taste of the prisoners
had some influence; yet it apjiears that
the six pounds ot potato; s, daily, was
a better diet titan t'r smaller quanti
ties* ofs upor animal food.
The Chances of Life. —Among the in
teresting facts developed by the recent
census are some in relation to the laws
I that govern life and death. They are
based upon returns from the State of
Mar, land, and a comparison with pre
viousones. The calculation it is un
necessary to explain; but result is a
table from which we gather the follow
ing illustration :
10, 268 infants are horn on tiie same
: day and enter upon life simultaneously.
Os these, 1,243 never reach the anniver
sary of their birth; 9,025 commence
j the second year; but the proportion
jof deaths still continues so great that ut
j the end of the th rid only 8,183, or about
j four-fifths of the original number, sur
vive. But during the fourth year the
! system seems to acquire more strength,
and the number oi deaths rapidly de
creases. It goes on decreasing until
twenty.one, the commencement of ma
turity and the period of highest health.
• —0,134 enter upon the activities and
- responsibilitii sos life—more than two
• thirds of the original number. Thirty
live comes, the meridian of manhood,
6,302 have reached it. Twenty yeais!
i more, and the ranks are thinned. On- j
Iv 4,727, or less than half of those who
i entered life fifty-five years ago, are
1 left. And now death comes more fre
quently. Every year the ratio of mor
iality steadily’ increases, and at seventy
; there are not a thousand survivors,
j A scattered few live on to the close of
t lie century, at the age of one hundred,
| and so the drama is ended, the last man
j is dead.— Albany Journal.
We fully agree with our contempo- j
! rary of the N. Y. Mirror in his esti-j
mate of negro minstrelsy, it is the on
i ly real “national music” we have, and i
in tiie hands of those scientific perform- ;
j ers, the Christy’s Campbell’s, iSjc., is
I worthy of a high rank as one of the j
! “fine arts.”
“Negro Minstrelsy. —We confess
to a fondness for negro minstrelsy.
There is something in the plaintive j
“Dearest May”—in tiie affectionate re- j
membranee of “Lucy Neal”—and in
the melodious mourning for “Uncle j
Ned,” that goes directly to the heart,
ami makes Italian trills seem tame, j
It is like Ossi&n’s music of memory,
“pleasant and mournful to the soul.”!
“Dearest May” has become classic—a
sort of Venus Africanus, with
“Her eyes so bright they shine at night,
When the moon am gone away.”
And “poor Lucy Neal,” the Heloise
of darkies, her very name has become
tiie syuonym oi pathos, poetry and love.
‘File w hole world is redolent of the
sweet and plaintive air in which her
charms are chanted; and the beauty of
: her shining form often comes over us
like a pleasant shadow from ail angel’s
| wing.
“Oh if I had her by my side,
How haypy 1 should feel.”
And as for poor “Uncle Ned,” so sad- j
ly denuded of his wool, God bless that
line old colored gentleman, who, we
have been so often assured, has
“Gone where the good niggers go.”
Beauty is no longer amiable than t
| while virtue adorn it.
SONS Os TEMPERANCE.
I’ledse of t lie Son* of Tempo;
raitee.--!, without reserve, solemnly pledge :
my honor as a man that I will neither make, buy,;
sell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous or
Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers of flie Oi-uiml Division.
G.L. M’Cleskey, G. W. P. Monroe.;
.!. S. PfNCKARD, G. W. A. Forsyth, j
VV. S. Williford, G. Scribe, Macon, j
iE. C. Granniss, G. Treasurer, „
.1. E. Evans, G. Chaplain, „
I). E. Blount, G. Corduetor, Clinton.
.1. I). llavjs, G. Sen. Houston, Cos.
CADETS OF TEMPERANCE,
PLEDGE,
No member shall make, buy, sell or use j
jas a beverage,any spirituous or malt liquors,:
wine or l id, r.
Officers of flic Grtimi Section.
J. W. Bf.nson, G. P. Macon. ;
B. Burton, G. A. P. Pondtown. I
L. C. Simson, G. S. &T. Atlanta, j
Rev. J. S. Wilson, G. C. Decatur,
j S. M. 11. Byrd, G. G. Oxford, j
W. P King, G. W. Thomaston. j
1. O. of lteclmbites.
Officers of Georgia Dist. Tent, No. 28, looa
i ted at Washington, Wilkes Co.,Ga.:
Washington, Rev.G-G. Norman, D. F. C. R.
j Washington, John R. Smith, D. C. R.
Atlanta, C. R. Hanleiter, D. D. R.
Washington, A. H. Sneed, 1) 11. S.
„ 1.,. F. Carrington, D. F. S.
„ St. John Moore, D. Tres.
Atlanta, R. H. Lynn, I). Levite.
Ilefliubife'ti Pledge.
I hereby declare, that I will abstain from all
intoxicating liquors, and will not give, nor oiler
them to others, except in religious ordinances,
; or when prescribed, in good fait A, by a medi
cal practitioner ; 1 will not engage in the traf
tic of them, and in all suitable ways will dis
countenance the use, sale and uiannfiicture ot
them ; and to the utmost of my power, 1 will
endeavor to spread the principles of abstinence
from all intoxicating liquors
TI ; I£ iSAMim
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The nice ting next month at
IVewnan,
Will, we trust, be borne in recollection
and numerously attended by our friends
: from different sections of the country. The
j interests of our cause make it very desirable
that there should be a grand demonstration.
Important business will no doubt come be
fore the Convention, and we shall need the
counsel of all our friends. We are aware
; that many persons decline going to these
Conventions because they look upon their at
i -tendance rather as a pleasure secured for
themselves as individuals, than as a benefit
! conferred upon the cause. In this view of the
; subject they suffer the demands of business
to keep them at home, or conclude that
j tiie pleasure enjoyed would not justify the
| expense. This is an erroneous view of the
1 subject. In attending these conventions
! we are contributing directly to the support
lof the cause. If we had $lO or S2O to
j spend for the promotion of the temperance
! reformation, the most judicious disposition
I which, in nr any instances, wo could make
of the money would be to spend it in visit
ing one of these meetings. We believe
! them to be essential to the success, if not to
; the very existence oflhe cause. Politicians
j cannot prosper without their political eon
! ventions. Physicians must have their med
| ical associations ; planters must have their
! agricultural conventions; Christianity must
have her conventions; and temperance must
| not depart from this practice, if she would
j see her noble cause extending its triumphs
I over men.
Come then, one and all, to Newnan. It j
is reached in two hours and a half from At- !
lanta, and there is constant communication j
with every part of the State. You may eon- I
fidently expect much eloquent speaking.— ;
As to entertainment, the people of Newnan 1
will not be surpassed in a generous hospi- ‘
j tality by any of those friends who have j
heretofore entertained the Convention.
I Maine law adopted in Kliodc
Island.
The stringent laws recently passed in
Maine with regard to the sale of ardent spir
its, have been adopted, in substance, by the
legislature of Rhode Island. We believe
that the law passed upon the subject in
Texas (we have not seen the details) is
i very similar in its provisions. Thus have
three States determined to arrest, by the
j strong arm of the law, a traffic which is
j fraught with ruin terrible and obvious to mul
! titudes. We hope that the time is not far
j distant when public opinion will insist, if
J not upon laws so stringent as those which
i have been enacted in the States referred to,
jat least those which will embarrass and
J limit in a proper way the fearful traffic. To
j bring public opinion up to this desirable
j point must be the work of temperance pres-
I ses and temperance orators. If the friends
! of reform do not sustain this view of the
, subject and create a wholesome public opin
i ion, it is very certain that our enemies will
. j make no such exertions. We have had
‘! several communications on this subject
; from highly intelligent correspondents.—
; Our columns are opened to a fair discussion
ot this subject, and we shall cheerfully give
a hearing to any thing which our friends
i may have to say, either favorable or ad- i
; verse to the measure—not doubting that I
i the truth can be defendedagain it all the as- j
! saul ts of error.
I’reaeliing for popularity. &e.
There can be no doubt that those who
j are ordinarily recognized as Ministers of the
1 Gospel are influenced by very different tno
! lives in entering upon the sacred vocation.
I Many, the great majority we sincerely be
j lieve, are honest men. They have entered
the holy calling solely in accordance with
tho convictions of duty. Having experi
enced the love of Christ themselves, they
are intensely desirious that their dying fel
i low-men should be brought to participate in
j that blessedness of which they have been
I the recipients. They preach, and pray, and
! write, and think, and act for the glory of
j their Divine Master—courting bis favor as
‘ the best remuneration for all their labors.
But the most superficial observer must have
perceived that there are those who are
regarded as embassadors of the cross who
■ are animated by very different emotions.—
Some of this class preach for money ; oth
ers preach tbs the sake of displaying their
learning, and others preach for popularity.
These thoughts have been suggested by
• a discourse winch has been recently preaeb
-1 ed by a clergyman in Massachusetts iti oppo
. -sition to the Maine law prohibiting the traffic
1 in ardent spirits. This sermon contends
r 1 that the law is anti-republican; and being
repugnant to the spirit of our Institutions,
. j he calls upon the people of his State to re
■ sist the passage of a similar enactment
1 there, whilst he encourages the citizens of
, Maine to efforts for its repeal. In reading
the account of ihi< sermon from a Northern
paper, we arc forcibly reminded 61 ujj
dent which occurred many years ago j,,"!)' 1 ’
early history of the temperance enter.,rjj!
A society had been formed inn certaini,|
prohibiting the use of the stronger a ieotol ’
ic stimulants,but not proscribing the u c
wines, and other lighter liquors.
soon ascertained, however, that men o ,)' u u
bo i ntoxiented by wine and beer as Wt -|| - ’
brandy and whiskey, and it Waa t | )0 „ l( **
wry inconsistent for a temperance society
j to tolerate a pledge which permitted drunk
enness. The society was convened W itli
;the view of changing the pledge so as t
j embrace every species of intoxicating drink
The measure of course was strenuously ’
: posed by those who were addicted to
jteel tippling.” One eloquent gentlin',
: made an animated speech in favor of win,.
He had scarcely resumed his seat when
illeterate man, then partly intoxicated, rose
I and said: “Mr. Chairman, that man hits
’spressed my ’pinion ’ xactly .” We have n 0
doubt thui every drunkard and every liq Utlr
vender in the country into whose hands the
sermon of the Massachusetts Preacher may
| lull, will say that he has “’spressed their
j ’pinion ’xactly.”
Would to God that the Massachusetts
Minister was the only enemy of the temper,
anee reform among the clergy. We have in
our own State men who are called ministers,
but whose preaching nnd whose exanqjv
are adverse to the cause. We have no
doubt that such preaching will make them
exceedingly popular with the venders and
consumers of the poisonous beverage. We
have no doubt that devils in hell rejoiet*
when such sermons are preached. They
are preaching to pumper their own lusts, or
they are pleaching for popularity. “They
have their reward.” Let no man think us
harsh. We are not harsher than the truth
requires. We must confess that we have
but little patience with those whoeall them
selves the ministers of aGod who hasdeclar
ed that no drunkard shall enter into his kin".
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dom, and who at the same time cherish and
promulgate principles which must encourage
j drunkenness. It is said if the people per
ish through neglect of the ivi tollman,
the blood of the lost will be required at his
hands. When people perish through the
active agency, the false teaching of him who
was appointed to deliver them, how terrible
that account which lie will at lust be called
upon to render.
Burnt Corn, Ala. May 15, J£s2.
Benj. Brantly, Esq., Dear .Sir, —Enclo-
sed you have one dollar for G. L. Lee’s
subscription to the“ Banner.” He does not
relish the black mark, as it savors of some
thing like a dun, and does not think the
printer can live without tr eans.
How many pencils have you worn out
making marks for your delinquents to look
j at;. Finally, don’t the marker find less
1 trouble in marking than when lie first be
gan? In.a word, have they (your subseri
i bers) attended to your polite invitations]
j They certainly ought to pay up for many
reasons:—one is., you want your money,
and are justly entitled.to it, which is ample
cause. Yours truly,
J.’ F. BETTS.
Kciiuiiks.
W e are sorry we cannot give our friend
j Belts an accurate account of the number of
I pencils used, or the amount of cask expen
■ ditures in their purchase. The Bookstores
in Athens and Augusta, have had a good
run ot sales, and the stock on hand has been
considerably diminished. Mr. B. possibly,
may make an estimate approximating to the
truth, from the following statement:—
I'our mouths since, we commenced making
the black marks upon upwards of THREE.
THOUSAND copies of the Banner; on each
one ot these, we had to make from one to ‘
five marks —generally two —and, in a few
instances as high as from eight to ten. The
number of papers lmsdetninished about one
sixth—leaving, about two thousand five
hundred to be marked weekly, occupying
: the time of one or two persons, from two to
three days in the week.
Gonzales Texas.
A correspondent at the above place informs
us, that the cause of temperance is in a
prosperous condition there. The Ladies of
Gonzales, some lima since, presented a Bi
j hie to tho Division, which is in a healthy
! condition.
Vienna, Dooly County.
Subscribers in arrears for the Banner,
j at Vienna, will find their accounts in the
; hands of Z. T. Timmons, Esq. P. M. They
will obige us. by paying Mr. T. without
. further delay’.
Diibiin, (Ja.
I Mr. John Duncan, at the Post Office ir,
Dublin, has a list of dues, at that office, and
is authorised to collect them.
Will our correspondent at Middle Ridge,
who forwarded us a dollar for Mr. J. D-
Roseberry, please give us his name? He
failed to attack it to his letter of the 10th
. inst. We wish to write him, and will do
so, if he will oblige us by giving his name.
The letter of .Mr. Pi .VI. Pif.rcr. of
I Lumpkin, Stewart Cos., ordering the Ban
ner to his address, and dated May 4th, was
• not received until the J tth, which accounts
for his not receiving the Banner.
<*
Something Mean.
If the object of george staple-ton, Es
quire, of Spread O.dt, Jefferson Count?;
Georgia, Is to tax us with postage, by en
veloping in letter fashion papers addressed
to him, and returning them to us with 25
cents charged, lie is defeated in his pur
p'All .-licit packages are returned to
toe Department at Washington, as dead
letters. How green!
Modesty is to the female charac
ter what saltpetre is to beef—while it
preserves qs purity, it imparts a blush.